Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Spain
Nigeria
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
French Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
e kaasan
Good Morning
Buenos Días
e kaaro
I Love You
Te Quiero
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Mexico
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Ede
Where They Speak
Cuba
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
espagnol; castillan
yoruba
German Name
Spanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
yoru1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Spanish and Yoruba Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Yoruba language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Spanish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.
